Telemedicine Company Owner Sentenced

Jean Wilson, the owner of two telemedicine companies, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $66 million in restitution for her role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and prescription drugs. Wilson and her co-conspirators at marketing companies pressured Medicare beneficiaries into accepting as many braces as possible, and evidence showed that practitioners working for Wilson signed orders for four or more orthotics per beneficiary for over 3,000 beneficiaries. In fact, over 40 beneficiaries received orders for 10 or more orthotics. Read a Department of Justice press release.

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